Competitive Systems Tester (Card Balance & AI Validation)

 Posted 17 days ago
     
2-5 years experience
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AI Summary

The role involves aggressively playtesting a sci-fi card battler to identify balance issues and stress-test card interactions. The tester will interpret AI balance outputs and provide concrete recommendations for card tweaks and rule clarifications.

Crafting the future of competitive games from the edge of tomorrow.



Learn more about us at https://tworobots.com



 



Two Robots Studios is building Two Robots: Unleashed, a competitive sci-fi card battler designed as a long-term competitive ecosystem, not a disposable content game.



We’re looking for a Competitive Systems Tester to live inside the game, break it intelligently, and help us answer the hardest question early studios avoid:



 



Is this actually good?



This role sits at the intersection of high-level playtesting, balance analysis, and QA, working directly with our AI balance outputs, designers, and engineers.



If you love card games, understand edge cases, and enjoy proving systems wrong until they hold up, this is for you.



 



What You’ll Do





  • Play the game aggressively and intelligently, including:





    • Testing against AI opponents across difficulty tiers




    • Attempting to consistently beat the AI using multiple factions and builds






  • Stress-test card interactions and edge cases, including overlapping states like:





    • Cleave, Hacked, Stealth, Rusted, Stunned, Shields, buffs/debuffs, etc.




    • Timing conflicts, priority resolution, and unexpected interactions






  • Identify balance issues across:





    • Card Ops costs




    • Power and Ultimate cooldowns




    • Mechommander Powers that feel dominant, useless, or degenerate






  • Review and interpret AI balance system outputs:





    • Win rates




    • Card efficiency




    • Matchup skew




    • Meta concentration






  • Make concrete recommendations:





    • Cards to tweak, remove, or rework




    • Ops cost adjustments




    • Ability constraints or rule clarifications






  • Explore and break non-combat systems, including:





    • NPC dialogue and interactions




    • Card trading with NPCs (as features come online)




    • On-ship meta experience and progression systems




    • Future card shop flows and economy hooks






  • Log issues clearly with repro steps, expected behavior, and competitive impact





 



Who You Are





  • Deep familiarity with competitive card games (digital or tabletop)





    • Examples: Hearthstone, MTG, Legends of Runeterra, Slay the Spire, etc.






  • Comfortable reasoning about systems, probabilities, and incentives




  • Able to explain why something feels broken, not just that it is




  • Persistent and curious enough to hunt edge cases instead of playing “normally”




  • Clear communicator who can translate gameplay findings into actionable feedback





 



Bonus Points If You





  • Have worked as a high-level playtester, QA analyst, or balance tester




  • Enjoy reading balance dashboards or game telemetry




  • Can consistently outplay AI systems rather than just survive them




  • Have opinions about what makes a competitive game fair, watchable, and replayable




  • Like arguing (politely) about game design when the data backs it up





 



Why This Role Matters



This is not checkbox QA.



You will directly influence:





  • Whether metas stabilize or collapse




  • Whether new players churn or stick




  • Whether tournaments feel fair




  • Whether our AI balancer is actually telling the truth





Your feedback will shape which cards exist, which die, and which define the game.



 



Why Join Two Robots Studios?





  • Work on a live, evolving competitive game with real players




  • Small, senior team where feedback immediately changes the product




  • Fully remote and globally distributed




  • Your impact is visible in patches, balance updates, and tournament outcomes




  • We value people who make systems stronger, not quieter





 



Ready to Apply?



To be considered, you must complete our candidate survey. We use it to filter applicants who pay attention to detail and genuinely care about the role — applications without it will not be reviewed.



👉 Application Form: https://airtable.com/appdgbcpjKsZq2xTi/pagGGFDsTTPO2y3lR/form



🌐 Learn more about us: https://tworobots.com

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